In the '70s, Phillip Garrido was sentenced to 50 years in prison for kidnapping a woman and keeping her in a storage shed, where he repeatedly raped her. He was let out after only 11 years. From 1988 to 1999 he was on federally-supervised probation, yet he managed to kidnap Jaycee Dugard and keep her in his backyard…

In a letter sent to CNN affiliate KCRA yesterday Phillip Garrido wrote, "I want to apologize to every human being for what has taken place," adding that "through the spirit of Christ" he's been cured of his sexual deviancy. [CNN]

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When Phillip Garrido's neighbors learned he'd been keeping kidnap victim Jaycee Lee Dugard in his backyard for 18 years, their reactions ranged from shock to horror to the admittance that they'd always thought there was something strange about "Creepy Phil."